A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from March 18, 2021
“How much does a bikini wax cost?”/“A Brazilian dollars.”

“Brazilian” (from Brazil) sounds like a large number (billion + gazillion). Several “Brazilian dollars” jokes involve Brazilian waxing, a bikini waxing style invented by the J. Sisters salon in Manhattan in the 1980s.
   
“RT @bedheadblonde: BFF: How much do you pay for a bikini wax?  Me: A Brazilian dollars” was posted on Twitter by Abolish The Police on August 12, 2010. “A Brazilian Dollars = The amount of money necessary to get your hoo-ha waxed” was posted on Twitter by Tom Israel on February 21, 2013. “Waxing your bikini line shouldn’t cost a brazilian dollars” was posted on Twitter by Trevor S on May 18, 2013. “How much does a bikini wax cost? A Brazilian dollars” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on July 20, 2018.
   
“The person who invented crotch waxing must’ve made a Brazilian dollars” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on October 3, 2017. “The guy that invented bikini waxes probably made a Brazilian dollars” was posted on Twitter by Stańczyk on October 5, 2017. “The guy that invented bikini wax is probably worth a Brazilian dollars by now” was posted on Twitter by Doc on September 22, 2019. “Whoever invented crotch waxing must have made a brazilian dollars!” was posted on Reddit—3amjokes on March 17, 2021.
   
   
Wikipedia: Indefinite and fictitious numbers
-illion
Words with the suffix -illion (e.g. zillion, gazillion, jillion, bajillion, squillion, abigajillion) are often used as informal names for unspecified large numbers by analogy to names of large numbers such as million, billion and trillion.
 
These words are intended to denote a number that is large enough to be unfathomable and are typically used as hyperbole or for comic effect.
   
Wikipedia: Bikini waxing
Brazilian waxing (or the sphinx wax) is the removal of all pubic hair from the pelvic region, vulva, labia, perineum, and anus, while sometimes leaving a thin strip of hair on the mons pubis. It can be used by those who wear thong bikinis. Brazilian waxing is also known as a full Brazilian wax, full bikini wax, or the Hollywood wax. This style was first called the Brazilian wax by the J. Sisters salon in Manhattan, founded in 1987 by seven sisters named Padilha from Brazil.
     
Twitter
Stevie Stills
@st3vi3_ts
LM-FUCKING-AO! XD RT @PDXRedhead: If I had a dollar for every time someone said I should get a bikini wax, I’d have like a brazilian dollars
10:33 PM · Jul 22, 2010·Twitter for iPhone
     
Twitter
Abolish The Police
@TenPointOne
Bwah ha haRT @bedheadblonde: BFF: How much do you pay for a bikini wax?  Me: A Brazilian dollars.
2:52 PM · Aug 12, 2010·ÜberSocialOrig
 
Twitter
Tom Israel
@noimnotjewish
A Brazilian Dollars = The amount of money necessary to get your hoo-ha waxed.
7:20 PM · Feb 21, 2013·Windows Phone
     
Twitter
Trevor S
@trevso_electric
Waxing your bikini line shouldn’t cost a brazilian dollars.
8:54 PM · May 18, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
     
Twitter
Jonny Depth
@jonstardust
waxing your bikini line shouldnt cost a brazilian dollars
9:27 AM · May 20, 2013·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
dance blessed
@dance_blessed
Waxing your bikini line shouldn’t cost a brazilian dollars.
5:24 PM · May 24, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Ryan Mazie
@RMazie
“A bikini wax shouldn’t cost a Brazilian dollars…” - a fantastic ad for a waxing store I just thought of. You’re welcome. Now pay me.
9:45 PM · Jun 4, 2013·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Frederick Miller
@itsfredmiller
All these wax jobs this prom season must cost girls like a BRAZILIAN dollars!
10:25 PM · Apr 15, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Crow Wife with a Hocho
@RatedR4Redhead
“Why do they call it a ‘Brazilian’ wax?” Cause it makes you look like a brazilian dollars.
3:38 PM · Jul 31, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Jacquelyn McMichael
@JacquelynRMCM
Blake: How much does a Brazilian wax cost? I bet it costs a BRAZILIAN DOLLARS!
1:36 PM · Sep 15, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/straycanoe October 3, 2017
The person who invented crotch waxing must’ve made a Brazilian dollars.
   
Twitter
Stańczyk
@JonnyBeatz88
The guy that invented bikini waxes probably made a Brazilian dollars
12:40 PM · Oct 5, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/KOTORbayani July 20, 2018
How much does a bikini wax cost?
A Brazilian dollars.
     
Twitter
Big Yayo
@BigYayo2x
brazilian waxes be costin a brazilian dollars
9:37 PM · Apr 18, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Doc
@DocAtCDI
The guy that invented bikini wax is probably worth a Brazilian dollars by now.
2:43 AM · Sep 22, 2019·Facebook
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/jhenrickson October 26, 2019
My mom: “Who robs a Brazilian Wax store???”
Me: “Maybe the robbers thought they had a brazilian dollars??”
       
Twitter
NDGriff
@NDGGriff
Replying to @cmclymer
I’m worth a Brazilian dollars
So rich it comes with a wax job.
1:16 AM · Mar 11, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
Twitter
Doc
@DocAtCDI
The guy that invented bikini wax is probably worth a Brazilian dollars by now.
2:10 AM · Sep 22, 2020·Twitter Web App
   
Twitter
Buck In Ears
@BuckInEars
#IWasToldThisInPrivateBut
Bikini waxes don’t actually cost a Brazilian dollars.
GIF
11:06 PM · Feb 15, 2021·Twitter Web App
 
Reddit—3amjokes
Posted by u/straycanoe March 17, 2021
Whoever invented crotch waxing…
...must have made a brazilian dollars!

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityWork/Businesses • Thursday, March 18, 2021 • Permalink


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